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Water Crisis in California

Water Conservation Project

Rubric Code: BX3B47W

By spalmer72

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Subject: Science

Type: Project

Grade Levels: 6-8

Water Crisis
	Substandard 1 pts	Standard 2 pts	Accomplished 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Introduction
Responses to Introduction Questions	Substandard Fewer than two questions answered.	Standard Fewer than three questions answered.	Accomplished Four to five questions answered, but the responses were not clearly articulated.	Advanced All five questions were answered clearly and accurately.
Task
Grammar, Spelling, and Formatting	Substandard The newspaper article had major grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	Standard The newspaper article had a significant number of grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	Accomplished The newspaper article was generally free from grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.	Advanced The newspaper article was free from grammar, spelling, and formatting errors.
Video/Presentation
	Creativity 1 pts	Clarity 1 pts	Relevance to Issues 1 pts	Attention Grabber 2 pts
Public Service Announcement	Creativity Public service announcement was creative.	Clarity The message in the public service announcement was clear and adequately conveyed.	Relevance to Issues The public service announcement had ALL 5 questions answered and was relevant to the water crisis.	Attention Grabber The public service announcement had an attention grabber to attract viewers.
Process
Teamwork	Creativity Team members did not function as a group when given the opportunity. There was only individual work with no evidence of collaboration.	Clarity Team members had some major problems working as a group. There was little collaboration and teamwork evident.	Relevance to Issues The team members mostly worked well together, with few problems. There could have been improvement in the level of teamwork that was utilized.	Attention Grabber The team worked as a cohesive unit. There was mature collaboration, compromise, and discussion evident at all times.
Quality of Resources	Creativity There were fewer than five resources and none of them were different from those in the WebQuest itself. The resources chosen did not support the thesis well.	Clarity There were fewer than five resources and only one was not included in the WebQuest itself. The resources chosen did not entirely support the thesis.	Relevance to Issues There were five resources and two or more were not included in the WebQuest itself. The resources chosen supported the thesis.	Attention Grabber There were more than five resources and two or more were not included in the WebQuest itself. The resources chosen supported the thesis well and were carefully chosen.
Individual
	Substandard 1 pts	Standard 2 pts	Accomplished 3 pts	Advanced 4 pts
Contribution	Substandard Team member did not fulfill job description duties.	Standard Team member fulfilled very little job description duties.	Accomplished Team member fulfilled mostly all job description duties.	Advanced Team member fulfilled all job description duties.
Creativity	Substandard Team member did not contribute creative ideas to the group.	Standard Team member contributed very little to the creative ideas.	Accomplished Team member was able to contribute some creative ideas to the group.	Advanced Team member fully contributed to the creative ideas.
Ability to Work in a Group	Substandard Team member did not function well in a group when given the opportunity.	Standard Team member did not collaborated and there was little teamwork evident.	Accomplished Team member mostly worked well with others. There could have been improvement.	Advanced Team member worked well as a cohesive unit.

Keywords:

Water Conservation

Subjects:

Science

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Project

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